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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS H. LIPMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-LACE FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 626,174, dated May 30,1899.

Application filed July 30, 1898. Serial No. 687,294. (No model.)

To all whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that l, MORRIsI-IILLER LIPMAN, of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and Stateof New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes and Shoe-Laces, ofwhich the followingis a full, clear, and exact description. I

The object of this invention is to provide a shoe that may be'quicklyand conveniently fastened with a single lace manipulated by one hand,which is efiected by means of a peculiarly-constructed eyelet serving toreceive and hold the end of the lace, thus avoiding tying a knot in thesame.

The invention consists in the novel'construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe having the improved laceapplied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken through the shoe,practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. I

The lace A is provided at one end with a hook, while at the opposite endof the lace the usual tip is secured.

The shoe B is provided with the ordinary eyelets 13 and studs 14, boththe eyelets and studs being arranged in the customary manher ateach'side of the front opening of the upper of the shoe. i

In one side of the shoe, near the top and adjacent to the front opening,an eyelet 1,5 is inserted and -seoured, the outer end of said eyeletbeing preferably formed with diverging marginal surfaces 16and 17, thesurface 16. extending outwardly and the surface 17 inwardly. A casing18, usually conforming ing 19in its outer face, and the said casing isadapted to receive an elastic block 20, of rubber or a similar material,which block has a '17 of said eyelet, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2.

In the application ofthe lace to the shoe .the hook is made to enter oneof the lowermost eyelets 13 in the shoe. The lace is then carried to theother lowermost eyelet, across the opening at the front of the shoe, andto the other pair of eyelets above the lowermost ones, the lace inpassingfrom one eyelet of the pair to the other being carried over thefront opening of the shoe. When the lace has reached one of theuppermost pairof eyelets, it is formed in a loop 22 and is passedinwardly through the other eyelet of the uppermost pair, thence upwardlyinside of the shoe, out through the side eyelet 15, and through theopening 21 in the elastic block 20.

When the shoe is to be laced, the members of the loop 22, formed asabove set forth, are made to engage with alternate studs. 14, and afterthe members of the loop have been brought to an engagement with all ofthe studs the lace is drawn throughthe side eyelet and elastic blockuntil the shoe is properly closed over the instep and ankle portion ofthe foot, whereupon the shoe will remain laced, the elastic block 20preventing the free end of the lace from becoming loosened.

When it is desired to remove the shoe from the foot, it is simplynecessary to disconnect the'member of the'loop 22 from the studs 14, andthe shoe maythen be opened sufficiently to admit of the ready withdrawalof the foot therefrom. I r

Having thus described my invention, I claim'as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- Ashoe, having an eyelet fast therein, a casingsecured to the eyelet and having an opening in the outer face, theopening registering with the opening in the eyelet, and an elastic blockcarried in the casing and held thereby against the eyelet, the elasticblock having' an opening extending through it and registering with theopening in the eyelet and casing.

MORRIS H. LIPMAN.

